Metal railing.



- E. E. SLICK.

METAL RAILINGL APPLICATION FILED APR-8,1915

51,241,041. Patented se t. 25, 1917.

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EDWIN E. SLICK, F WESTMONT BOROUGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

METAL RAILING.

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' borough of Westmont, county of Cambria,

and 7 State of Fennsylvania, (whose postoffice address is JohnstownPennsylvania,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMetal Railings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled'in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to metal railings with particular reference toforms which are well adapted for use as bridge railings, inclosuresaround'lawns or gardens, particularly in the city districts, cemeteryinclosures, protecting railings along the sides of roads, approaches tobridges and on the tops of retaining walls or embankments, and in factfor use in any location where a strong, neat, substantial and economicalrailing is desired.

A railing, to be of good service, should be of substantial diameter soas to be readily seen and also present to the eye a strong appearanceand prior railings of this kind have been made of pipes or tubes, theends of which are secured together by malleable cast iron or otherfittings, either screwedor secured with rivets or dowel pins requiring amultiplicity of connecting pieces of different forms to allow forslopes, corners at difl'erent angles, thus requiring base pieces.crosses, Ts, ornamental tops of infinite variety of forms which areexpensive and diflicult to secure and no one railing shop can keep thenecessary variety in stock on account of the large number and cost ofthe same, all of which is obviated by my form of railing which is ofsubstantial appearance, necessary stifl'ness and strength and economicaldistribution of material producing lightness, and by reason of itsformation and construction is easily made and fitted together withoutthis necessity of the complicated and expensive fittings above referredto.

Having thus given a general description of -my invention, I will now, inorder to 'make the matter more clear, refer to the annexed sheet ofdrawings forming a part of this specification and in which likecharacters of reference refer to like parts Patented Sept. 25, 1191i '3;

Application filed April 8, 1915. j Serial No. 19,893.

F igure' 1 is a side elevation of a portion of my railing showing oneform of the supporting base therefor, when applied to a stone orconcrete foundation Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevation taken onthe line HH of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is apartial side elevation of a portion ofthe railing showing gusset plate connections between the post and therails where a stronger and stiffer structure is desired than thatillustrated in Fig. 1, and this Fig. 3 also illustrates another methodof securing the lower ends of the posts in the concrete or stonefoundation; Fig. 4: is a horizontal transverse sectional plan taken onthe line IV- IV of Fig. l and Fig. 5 is a horizontal transversesectional plan taken on the line VV of Fig. 3.

Referring now to the numbers of reference on the drawings: The posts areindicated generally as 1, which are each composed of a hollowcylindrical body portion 2, with an integral flat flange 3, projectingtherefrom as shown; angular base brackets 4:, are secured to the flangesof the posts 1 by means of the rivets 7, and the railing is secured tothe masonry base 5 by means of the anchor bolts 6. As shown in Figs. 1and 2, the substantially horizontal railing members 9, provided withhollow cylindrical portions 10 and integral flat flanges 11 projectingtherefrom, are attached directly to the post flanges 3 by the rivets 8,as shown. The shape and conformation of the rails 9 are similar to thoseof the posts'l, but may be of smaller size if desired.

Referring now to Fig. 3, a form of post similar to 1 is indicated at12,-thisbeing provided with the hollow cylindrical body portion 13 and aflat integral flange 14 projecting therefrom, the lower portion of whichflange is shown cut off by a bevel cut 15 so that the lower portion ofthe post is substantially cylindrical and can therefore be inserted 1n around drilled hole or socket 16 in the masonry or concrete base. Thishole is of slightly larger diameter. than the cylindrical portion 13 andafterthe postis set in said hole it may be poured around with lead,-Babbitt metal, sulfur, cement or other material indicated at 17, to holdit with flatintegral flanges 20 projecting therefrom, these rails 18being secured to the 'posts 12 by means of vthe gumet plates 21 and therivets 22 while the secured to-the 12 by meansof f readily seen andaltogether the construction low cylindrical possesses the advantagesthat, given the bars themselves, any mechanic can make the rail-i ingwithout the necessity of purchasing'a large number of complicated,ntricate and expensive fittings. v I

A post and railing bar of the formation described can be readilyproduced in a rolling mill by first rolling a flat bar to theapproximate dimensions required and then in the final passes turningover the edge. thereof so as to form a substantiall cylindrical bead,the edge of the material gorm'ing. said head abutting against the flatportion of the bar or adjacent to the junction of the flat portion andthe be 'nning of the curved bead. This-bar, theref o re, presents thesubstantial appearance of a pipe and-is royided with a flat flan e atall places to cm connecting means wiereby railings, gratings, or othersimilar structures can be readil fitted 'and assembled. Alt ough I havedescribed and illustratedmy invention in considerable detail, I do notwish to be limited to the exact and specific details thereof, as shownand described, but may use such modifications in, substitutions for,or-equivalents thereof, as are embraced Within the scope of myinvention, or as pointed out in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to securebyLetters Patent is:

. their flanges.

rails being secured together by means of In a railingfa post comprisinga'hollowcylindrical body portion, an integral flange projectingtherefrom, a railing bar ofgsimilar section, the two being)-securedtogether by means'of a rivet or olt passing through their supe osedflanges.

3. In a railing, t e combination of a post composed of a hollow c'lindrical portion, an integral flange projectln therefrom, a" rail ofsimilar section applie thereto with their flanges superposed, and meansfor securing said flangestogether.

4. In a railing, a post having a hollow cylindrical body portion, aflange slightly projecting therefrom, a gusset plate a pliedand secured"to" the outer" surface oi said flange and a railing bar of sectionsimilar to the post secured by its flange to said gusset plate, wherebya stifl" and strong construction is provided. r V

A railing comprising a 0st having a body portion of hollow cylindricalform with an integral flange projecting. therefrom, the edge of which isparallel thereto, a gusset plate secured to the outside of said flangeby means of bolts or rivets, a railing bar of substantially the sameshape as the post located'at an angle thereto and secured tosaid gussetlate by means of its flange.

6. A post of hollow cylindrical form with an integralflange projectingslightly therefrom and continuously thereof, a plurality of gussetplates secured to said flat flange,

a corresponding plurality of railings located at an angle to said post,said raihngs having the outer portions of their flanges abutted againstand secured to said sset plates. In witness whereof I have ereunto setmy hand in the presence oftwo witnesses.

1. A railing comprising a plurality of posts each formed withasubstantially holortion, an integral flan e projecting there rom, arailin bar of s'u stantially the same section, t e posts and EDWIN E.SLICK.

Witnesses:

ELMER' E. WERRY, A. DIX TITTLE.

